'
*-ver?°r* '-ward': _ofan-ver?°r_ 'upper.'
(c) Verbs
175. *-na*: _brotna_ 'be broken' (_brotinn_, broken), _hv?«tna_
'become white,' _vakna_ 'awake.' Used to form intransitive and
inchoative verbs of the third conj.
(d) Adverbs
176. *-liga* '-ly': _undar-liga_ 'wonderfully,' _st?™rk-liga_
'strongly' (_st?™rkr_, strong).
*-um*, dat. pl.: _st??rum_ 'greatly' (_st??rr_, great).
SYNTAX
177. Icelandic syntax greatly resembles Old English, but has
several peculiarities of its own.
Concord
178. Concord is carried out very strictly in Icelandic: _allir
m?™nn v??ru b?«nir_ 'all the men were ready,' _allir v??ru drepnir_
'all were killed.'
179. A plural adj. or pronoun referring to two nouns of different
(natural or grammatical) gender is always put in the neuter: _????
gekk hann upp, ok me?° honum Loki_ (masc.), _ok ??j??lfi_ (masc.),
_ok R?«skva_ (fem.). _???? er ??au_ (neut.) _h?«f?°u l?«tla hri?°
g?™ngit.
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